HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 20488COUNCIL ORDINANCE NUMBER 20488
COUNCIL BILL NUMBER 5064
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 4.875 OF
THE EUGENE CODE, 1971, AND EXTENDING THE
SUNSET DATE FOR THE DOWNTOWN PUBLIC
SAFETY ZONE.
ADOPTED: February 27, 2012
SIGNED: February 29, 2012
PASSED: 6:2
REJECTED:
OPPOSED:
ABSENT:
EFFECTIVE:
March 31, 2012
ORDINANCE NO. 20488
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 4.875 OF THE EUGENE CODE,
1971 AND EXTENDING THE SUNSET DATE FOR THE DOWNTOWN
PUBLIC SAFETY ZONE,
The City Council of the City of Eugene finds as follows:
On December 8, 2010, Ordinance No. 20467 was adopted providing that Sections
4.873, 4.874, 4.875, 4.875 4.877, 4.878 and 4.879 of the Eugene Code, 1971 (the
Downtown Public Safety Zone), and the amendments made to Section 4.999 by
Ordinance No. 20419, automatically sunset on April 30, 2012. The Council has
determined that the April 30, 2012 sunset date of the Downtown Public Safety Zone
provisions should be extended.
THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 . The lead -in paragraph of Section 4.875 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is
amended to provide as follows:
4.875 Downtown Public Safety Zone - Issuance of Notice to Show Cause.
When a peace officer arrests a person or issues a citation for any of the
offenses enumerated in subsection (1) of section 4.874 of this code, the
officer may also issue to the person being arrested or cited a notice to show
cause. The notice shall require the person to appear at municipal court at a
designated time within three (3) to five (5) business days, at which time the
court will set a date and time for the hearing for the person to show cause
why the person should not be excluded from the downtown public safety
zone. The notice shall contain:
Section Z . The sunset date of Sections 4.873, 4.874 4.875, 4.875 4.877 4.878
and 4.879 of the Eugene Code, 1971, and the amendments made to Section 4.999 by
Ordinance No. 20419, is hereby extended to November 39, 2912. The City Recorder is
requested to note this sunset date on appropriate City logs.
Section 3 . Notwithstanding Section 2 of this Ordinance, any enforcement actions
commenced to enforce the downtown public safety zone provisions prior to the sunset
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date may continue to be pursued, and the provisions related to such enforcement
actions shall remain in effect with respect to those actions.
Passed by the City Council this
27 day of February, 2012.
Approved by the Mayor this
day of February, 2012.
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